[F1 PART 4APROVISION OF INFORMATION, RECORD KEEPING AND NOTIFICATIONS

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4A inserted (2.12.2011) by The Aquatic Animal Health (Miscellaneous Modifications) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/427), regs. 1(1), 2(6)

Escapes from fish farms

31D.— (1) The operator of an aquaculture production business comprising a fish farm authorised under regulation 6 must immediately notify the Scottish Ministers of the circumstances on, or in the vicinity of, the fish farm which—

(a) are believed by that person to have caused an escape of fish; or

(b) gave rise to a significant risk of an escape of fish.

(2) A notification under this regulation is referred to in this Part and in Schedule 1C as an “initial notification” and must contain the information specified in the form in Schedule 1C.]